fundamental plane

fundamental plane

The tight correlation between properties of elliptical galaxies such as their total luminosity, surface brightness and velocity dispersion, and the relation between the luminosity and rotational velocity for spiral disks. Such relations are a natural consequence for self-gravitating systems with approximately constant mass-to-light ratio. See also Faber–Jackson relation; Tully–Fisher method.

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